It’s going to be an exciting weekend for women’s tennis as some of the top WTA Tour players compete for their respective home nations for FED Cup glory.
The FED Cup World Group Semifinals, World Group Play-offs and World Group II Play-offs takes place this Saturday and players are all set to give their best tennis.
As reported earlier last week, siblings Venus and Serena Williams won’t be able to participate thus making the U.S. team an underdog against Czech Republic.
Despite clinching the number one ranking this week, Dinara Safina was not picked to play for the Russian team.
Here’s the list of players for this weekend’s matches:
World Group Semifinal
Italy versus Russia
Venue: Nova Yardinia, Castellaneta Marina, Italy (clay – outdoors)
Court: Clay – Outdoors
Italy
Flavia Pennetta
Francesca Schiavone
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Captain: Corrado Barazzutti
Russia
Vera Zvonareva
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Nadia Petrova
Anna Chakvetadze
Captain: Shamil Tarpischev
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Czech Republic versus United States
Venue: Starobrno Rondo Arena, Brno, Czech Republic
Court: hard indoors
Czech Republic
Iveta Benesova
Petra Kvitova
Lucie Safarova
Kveta Peschke
Captain: Petr Pala
United States
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Liezel Huber
Melanie Oudin
Alexa Glatch
Captain: Mary-Joe Fernandez
World Group Play-Offs
Spain versus Serbia
Venue: Club de Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spain (clay – outdoors)
Court: Clay outdoors
Spain
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Lourdes Dominguez Lino
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Captain: Miguel Margets Lobato
Serbia
Jelena Jankovic
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Jovanovic
Aleksandra Krunic
Captain: Dejan Vranes
France versus Slovak Republic
Venue: Palais des Sports Beaublanc, Limoges, France
Court: Clay indoors
France
Alize Cornet
Amelie Mauresmo
Nathalie Dechy
Mathilde Johansson
Captain: Nicolas Escude
Slovak Republic
Dominika Cibulkova
Daniela Hantuchova
Magdalena Rybarikova
Lenka Wienerova
Captain: Matej Liptak
Germany versus China
Venue: Frankfurter TC 1914 Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
Court: Clay Outdoors
Germany
Anna Lena Groenefeld
Sabine Lisicki
Kristina Barrois
Tatjana Malek
Captain: Barbara Rittner
China
Zheng Jie
Li Na
Lu Jing Jing
Sun Tian Tian
Captain: Zhang Qi
Argentina versus Ukraine
Venue: Club Nautico Mar del Plata, Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Court: Clay Outdoors
Argentina
Betina Jozami
Jorgelina Cravero
Arantza Salut
Paula Ormaechea
Captain: Ricardo Rivera
Ukraine
Alona Bondarenko
Kateryna Bondarenko
Mariya Koryttseva
Olga Savchuk
Captain: Volodymyr Bogdanov
Source: FED Cup Website
